TP-Link Wi-Fi Extender
Last updated: January 6, 2021
We looked at the top Wi-Fi Extenders and dug through the reviews from some of the most popular review sites. Through this analysis, we've determined the best Wi-Fi Extender you should buy.
Product Details
In our analysis of 32 expert reviews, the TP-Link AC1750 Wi-Fi Extender
placed 12th when we looked at the top 13 products in the category. For the full ranking,
see below.
From The Manufacturer
Experience faster, stronger Wi-Fi with the pluggable RE450 AC1750 Dual Band Wi-Fi Range Extender. Enjoy 4K HD streaming and online gaming with Wi-Fi speeds up to 1750Mbps. Connect any wired device to Wi-Fi with the available Gigabit Ethernet port. Discover the best location for set up using the Smart Signal Indicator. Beamforming technology finds and boosts Wi-Fi to every device.
Patrick Ward Editor-in-chief of High Speed ExpertsPatrick Ward is the editor-in-chief of High Speed Experts, a broadband connectivity-, search engine- and IT-industry education blog that empowers consumers by open-sourcing information about tech services. He earned his bachelor’s degree in commerce with an emphasis on communications at the University of Sydney. His expertise spans the digital, emerging tech and telecommunications fields.
Expert Reviews
What reviewers liked
It provided solid close-range throughput in our tests and was easy to install.
It is inexpensive and easy to use.
The easy to use and comprehensive interface is another big plus for us. It's also important that is get a good 50MB/s at 802.11ac in the read tests, this is middleof-the-pack in terms of speed and is what you'd hope for. Oddly more impressively is the long-range 25m 802.11n speeds, which averaged as high as 18MB downstream and 11MB/s upstream. The fastest we've seen and one of the best mid-range speeds on record.
Good 5-GHz performance for price
It is extremely affordable. The flash memory capacity increased from 8 MB to 16 MB
Excellent real world WiFi performance and easily upgraded to use LEDE Project/OpenWRT firmware (which is great!). Subtle green LEDS rather than the garish blue ones on earlier models like the WDR3600
What reviewers didn't like
Its long-range performance was middling, and its file transfer showing was worse. The parental controls are very basic and malware protection is lacking.
Lackluster throughput, minimal features
The oddity for the TP-Link Archer C7 AC1750 was the substandard 802.11ac upstream speeds. Despite a solid 1300mbps same-room connection, the transfer refused to go faster than 14MB/s or so. Even with the latest firmware update it stubbornly refused. It also put in one of the weakest 802.11ac efforts at distance manging a sub-par 16MB/s downstream and 7.6MB/s upstream.
The USB ports use slower 2.0 spec and subpar performance on the 2.4-GHz band
Limited wireless settings and the media serving isn't great
The security record of the stock firmware is awful. A fair price hike over the older WDR3600 routers I bought several years ago. Seems like 802.11ac hasn't got cheaper
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